Look at who's on the ticket. Look at their record. Look at their campaign funding. If you can convince yourself that voters have any real choice, then I admire your optimism.
> Look at who's on the ticket. Look at their record. Look at their campaign funding. If you can convince yourself that voters have any real choice, then I admire your optimism.
At the end of the day, grass roots change is possible if people are willing. The problem is, they just aren't right now because things seem to be "OK" and so they care more about tribal signaling.
If I genuinely thought it was hopeless, I'd seriously consider abandoning the US and living out my life elsewhere.
To bastardize Churchill (or whoever he was quoting), it's a horrible system, and it'd be the worst except for all the other governments I could move to.
At the end of the day, grass roots change is possible if people are willing. The problem is, they just aren't right now because things seem to be "OK" and so they care more about tribal signaling.
If I genuinely thought it was hopeless, I'd seriously consider abandoning the US and living out my life elsewhere.